North Dakota-Civil Engineering Package: 30 PDH

In this course the student will study the North Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Statutes and Rules including Ethics. A twenty-five question quiz will test his or her understanding of the subject.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The engineer’s guidelines for practicing within North Dakota's statutes and rules
• The engineer’s duty to protect the public
• The engineer’s duty to make objective and truthful statements
• The engineer’s duty to limit practice to his or her field of competence
• The engineer’s duty to maintain client confidentiality
• The engineer’s responsibility to the profession

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 25 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies 3 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Understand weight-volume relationships
• Discuss vertical and lateral stress distributions
• Discuss load deformation processes
• Explain strength of soils
• Understand calculating stress and strain

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Discuss preparing for subsurface explorations
• Explain field reconnaissance and setting-up a exploration program
• Discuss sampling techniques and tools
• Explain various tests in addition to the standard penetration test (SPT)
• Understand guidelines for minimum exploration

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

1. Discuss soil descriptions and standards
2. Explain soil classification and properties
3. Discuss practical aspects of fine-grained and course-grained soils
4. Explain rock descriptions and classifications (SPT)
5. Understand subsurface profile development

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain common laboratory test methods
• Discuss laboratory testing equipment for soil and rock samples
• Discuss testing procedures
• Explain measured parameters
• Understand common guidelines for testing soils and rocks

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain the effects of water on slope stability
• Discuss Factor of Safety in Design
• Understand how to solve slope instability problems
• Explain methods and tools to solve slope instability issues
• Understand methods to improve stability

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Explain typical approach roadway deformation problems
• Discuss internal and external deformation
• Understand computation of immediate and consolidation settlements
• Explain deformation design solutions
• Understand construction monitoring and quality assurance

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).